This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Bloggin Happy Hour Musing on the Los Angeles Political machine for Thursday

Great Happy Hour Musings on the LA Political Machine for Thursday.Join us as we tip the glass and enlighten you on these political items that may find their way into someone's decaff morning coffee in the A.M. ; ) --- Scott Johnson.

Surprise, surprise via LA Weekly Gene Maddaus that Nuch blames "Private Citizen/Political Consultant John Shallman for a large part of his "Tru-ly devastating" election defeat. The cost of Nuch's defeat can be counted with hundreds of thousands of votes but what is the financial cost for other Shallman clients who also shared the third place position in the Primary Election? Continue below

Torie Osborn in the 50th AD Race:** Third Place in Primary.

04/13/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS

$166,487.83

05/10/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS

$47,593.36

01/04/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS

$10,000.00

02/02/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS

$10,000.00

03/22/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS

$10,000.00

Arturo Chavez in the 51st AD Race: ** Third Place in the Primary

04/23/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS

$15,882.00

Tom Calderon in the 58th AD Race: ** Third Place in the Primary

04/30/2012

SHALLMAN COMMUNICATIONS

CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AND MAILINGS

$33,938.34

Carmen Trutanich in the District Attorney Race: ** Third in the Primary.:
Sure to be costly!!

Updated Primary Election Results

** Later this evening once battery is recharged.P.M. Follow Up: NO UPDATED RESULTS TO POST

I have four feelings about the election results: I am ecstatic; I am happy; I am disappointed and I am indifferent. I am ecstatic about the fact that Carmen Lietanich did not make the runoff for district attorney. Given his name recognition, his endorsements from people I once thought had good judgment, the apparent size of his campaign war chest that enabled him to keep showing up grinning like an idiot in numerous annoying TV commercials — plus the fact that only he and Jackie Lacey had enough money to pay the exorbitant cost of a campaign pitch in the sample ballot — I was downright terrified that Lietanich would get enough votes to win the office outright. I actually prayed on it. I said, “O Lord, don’t let Lietanich win this race because I don’t believe I can live in a world that has Los Angeles County District Attorney Carmen Trutanich in it!” God is good